Alert archive / New York / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this wind advisory at Apr 20, 2011, 3:07 PM EDT for Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 2011, 3:07 PM EDT (19:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 55 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 549 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
762 WWUS71 KBUF 201907 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 307 PM EDT WED APR 20 2011 NYZ010-019-085-202200- /O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0008.110420T1907Z-110420T2200Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK... SPRINGVILLE 307 PM EDT WED APR 20 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...MAINLY ALONG LAKE ERIE SHORELINE INCLUDING THE THRUWAY. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON * WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...USERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ AR
2 follow-up statements
893 WWUS71 KBUF 201908 CCA NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 307 PM EDT WED APR 20 2011 NYZ010-019-085-202200- /O.COR.KBUF.WI.Y.0008.110420T1907Z-110420T2200Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK... SPRINGVILLE 307 PM EDT WED APR 20 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...MAINLY ALONG LAKE ERIE SHORELINE INCLUDING THE THRUWAY. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...USERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ AR
477 WWUS71 KBUF 202158 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 558 PM EDT WED APR 20 2011 NYZ010-019-085-210000- /O.EXT.KBUF.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110421T0000Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK... SPRINGVILLE 558 PM EDT WED APR 20 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...MAINLY ALONG LAKE ERIE SHORELINE INCLUDING THE THRUWAY. * TIMING...THIS EVENING. * WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...USERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ APFFEL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 12:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie, Wyoming | 67 min |
| Apr 20, 12:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 59 min |
| Apr 20, 1:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Wyoming | 64 min |
| Apr 20, 2:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston, Ontario, Wyoming | 51 min |
| Apr 20, 2:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 53 min |
| Apr 20, 3:12 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Erie | 3 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston, Wyoming | 61 min |
| Apr 20, 4:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Livingston, Ontario | 58 min |
| Apr 20, 7:51 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | BUF | Erie, Wyoming | 5 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.